Brown, Wendy

Nihilistic Times: Thinking with Max Weber (The Tanner Lectures on Human Values)

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ISBN 13:: 9780674279384
author:: Brown, Wendy
format:: Hardback
publisher:: Harvard University Press
language:: English
Publication Year:: 2023
Pages:: 144
Dimensions:: 17.8 x 13.2 x 2.3 centimetres (0
Genre:: Nonfiction, Politics, History & Theory,
Condition:: New
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Wendy Brown's latest work offers a nuanced analysis of nihilism's impact on contemporary politics and academia. In this thought-provoking study, she draws on Max Weber's Vocation Lectures to propose ways to counter the devaluation of knowledge and political responsibility in our times. Weber's ideas about the relationship between scholarly and political life remain highly relevant today. Brown explores how nihilism has led to the hyperpoliticization of knowledge and the erosion of integrity in politics, rendering truth and values trivialized. To address this condition, she charts reparative strategies for retrieving knowledge from hyperpoliticization while preserving values in research and teaching. Brown's work offers a compelling examination of the ways in which nihilism affects our understanding of truth, responsibility, and the role of politics in society.

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